MySQL Fetch Array Each Row Function - php

Question

This is the first time I'm using this website, I have recently started working on a project where the webpage will display two table, one of the table will gather all the information from a SQL Database and place them in the table along with a button next to each rows allowing you to insert that record to another to the other table, so far, this is the code I have written:
//Include the Following Files
include 'connect.php';
//Select All Price Plans
$query = "SELECT * FROM pricing";
$result = mysql_query($query);
//Print all Plans in Table
while ($pricing = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<table border=1>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planID']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planTitle']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planDescription']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planPricing']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" . **BUTTON HERE** . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<table>";
}
//Assign $link to Case
$link = '?run=planA';
//Pre-defined Functions
function planA()
{
$query = "INSERT into restaurant_plan (`planID`, `planTitle`, `planDescription`, `planPricing`) SELECT * FROM pricing WHERE planID='2' ";
$result = mysql_query($query);
}
//Setting Case to Run Each Functions
if (isset($_GET['run'])) $linkchoice=$_GET['run'];
else $linkchoice='';
switch($linkchoice)
{
case 'planA':
planA();
break;
case 'planB':
planB();
break;
}
Could anyone suggest any guide or possibly an example how I could assign a function to each rows? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

your code prints one table for each record in table "pricing", use this code instead :
//Select All Price Plans
$mysqli = new mysqli("hostname", "username", "pass", "dbname");
$query = "SELECT * FROM pricing";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
//Print all Plans in Table
echo "Available Price Plans";
echo "<table border=1>";
while ( $pricing = $result->fetch_assoc() ) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planID']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planTitle']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planDescription']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .$pricing['planPricing']. "</td>";
echo "<td>" .'<img style="border:none;" src="'. $icon .'" />'. "</td>";
//print a button as you mentioned
echo "<td>"."<form action='#' method='get'><input type='hidden' name='id' value='".$pricing['planID']."'/><input type='submit' value='copy'/></form></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
and your function :
function planA()
{
// get selected plan info
$query = "SELECT * FROM pricing";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
$row = $res->fetch_assoc();
//copy info to table 'restaurant_plan'
$query = "INSERT into restaurant_plan (".$_GET["id"].", ".$row["planTitle"].", ".$row["planDescription"].", ".$row["planPricing"].")";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
}

Answer 2

Not an answer, but if you want your code to be cleaner & more readable/maintainable, you should use HTML with PHP inserted, rather than echoing HTML via PHP:
<?php
//Select All Price Plans
$query = "SELECT * FROM pricing";
$result = mysql_query($query);
//Print all Plans in Table
?>
Available Price Plans
<?php while ($pricing = mysql_fetch_array($result)) : ?>
<table border=1>
<tr>
<td><?= $pricing['planID'] ?></td>
<td><?= $pricing['planTitle'] ?></td>
<td><?= $pricing['planDescription'] ?></td>
<td><?= $pricing['planPricing'] ?></td>
<td><img style="border:none;" src="<?= $icon ?>" /></td>
</tr>
<table>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Also, as I mentioned in the comments above, you should stop using mysql_* functions. They're being deprecated. Instead use PDO (supported as of PHP 5.1) or mysqli (supported as of PHP 4.1). If you're not sure which one to use, read this article.

Answer 3

Change your table output to the following:
<table border="1">
<?php
while ($pricing = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $pricing['planID']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $pricing['planTitle']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $pricing['planDescription']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $pricing['planPricing']; ?></td>
<td><a href='<?php echo $link; ?>'><img style="border:none;" src='<?php echo $icon; ?>' /></a></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
<table>
Double check you database connection as well to ensure data can be retrieved.